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| Date | | Number: 8 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Master Comics 8 (fiche) | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck ? |
| Inks | Pete Costanza ? |
| Comic Story | The Alliance of Boss Garlow / Bulletman (10 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Sergeant Kent (his close friend) |
| Pencils | Jon Small |
| Inks | Jon Small |
| First Line | For years, Jim Barr longed to follow the example of his father... |
| Notes | title from cover |
| Comic Story | The Munitions Plant Robbery / Devil's Dagger (7 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Ken Wyman, ace reporter [Devil's Dagger]; Mr. H (villain) |
| Pencils | Ken Battefield |
| First Line | Masking his identity in the disguise of a phantom known only as The Devil's Dagger... |
| Comic Story | Grimmac and the Gold Map / Lee Granger, Jungle King (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Granger stumbles upon gold in a river, Grimmac kidnaps the pygmy chief and demands Granger surrender his land so the renegade can take the deposits. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Lee Granger; Eric (his pet lion); Grimmac (villain, dies) |
| Pencils | Tom Hickey ? |
| Inks | Tom Hickey ? |
| First Line | Deep in the African wilderness Lee Granger, scientist-explorer, teaches Eric... |
| Comic Story | The Invasion of the Scanlos / Captain Venture and the Planet Princess (5 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Captain Venture; Princess Zyra (his companion); Scanlos (villain, intro) |
| Pencils | Rafael Astarita ? |
| Inks | Rafael Astarita ? |
| First Line | Far into the depths of space, where untold danger and mystery lurk... |
| Text Story | Tim's Red Sweater (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Tim Wheeler (a ten year old boy) |
| First Line | A train whistle screeched. |
| Comic Story | Battle in Belravia / War Bird (7 pages) |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Characters | Tom Sharp [War Bird]; Marcelle Renard (famed spy) |
| First Line | Captain Tom Sharp, Yankee flyer with the Allied Forces, through his amazing flying... |
| Comic Story | The Twister / El Carim (7 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | El Carim; Jimmie (a newsboy); The Twister (first appearance, villain) |
| Script | Carl Formes ? |
| Pencils | Sven Elven |
| Inks | Sven Elven |
| First Line | While appearing at a large vaudeville theatre... |
| Comic Story | The Oil War / Red Gaucho (5 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | The Red Gaucho; president Francia of San Palos (his friend) |
| Pencils | Harry Anderson |
| Inks | Harry Anderson |
| First Line | South American-born of United States parents, The Red Gaucho swoops and gallops... |
| Comic Story | The Trial of Cantrell / Buck Jones (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Buck manages to disarm his captor before they arrive at the gang's hideout. Soon the posse arrives and the outlaws are captured. A new adventure begins with a demand for Buck to leave town, signed by the White Arrow. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Bash Cantrell (outlaw boss); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Ray Everett (attorney); Len Brower (outlaw); Santos Figaro |
| Pencils | Ken Battefield (see notes) |
| First Line | Buck Jones, popular two-gun, rope-slinging marshal of Big Savage... |
| Notes | Battefield is credited with pencils and inks in the Devil's Dagger story in this issue, and that art is similar to this story. The faces of the villains are exact matches, long chin, small eyes and long noses. Also notice the face in sideview in the Battefield scan on Jerry Bails' Who's Who from Target comics with pencils by Battefield, and from the same period. |
| Comic Story | The Pearl of Porra / Zoro, the Mystery Man (7 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Zoro |
| Pencils | Jack Binder (see notes) |
| Inks | Jack Binder (see notes) |
| First Line | Zoro, a dashing figure surrounded by untold mysteries... |
| Notes | The art here is very similar to Binder's signed stories like Cloud Curtis and Black Owl, especially the inking. |
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